Show Cowboy Now Punches Keys of Typewriter The American cowboy has come Into his Ills own In literature Prodded through the pages of lurid novels conceived in observation car secUrity security ity Into unnatural roles in Hollywood miscast behind the footlights the rider range has revolted Relinquishing his lariat for his pen and portable typewriter he rie has chosen the tile written word as the means of or setting himself right with an Interested public outside the corral A new American literature probably probably probably ably more truly American than any other has resulted Perhaps it should be called written language rather than literature But it has developed a as as any wild wild- flower Uncouth though It may nay be It t Is overflowing with the naturalness naturalness natural natural- ness and vigor characteristic of America in the making By comparison com com- parison jarison w with th the studied meticulousness of old age-old culture It Is as s fresh as the life and country It de de- de- de International International Book Review nc |